Creative Process Oral History Collection

 

Following Hannah Arendt’s maxim that storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it, the oral history interviews in this series allow creative people to tell the story of their own creative processes without our imposition of either definition or parameters.

Recent Submissions

  • Jonathan Marks oral history interview 2017-08-15 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Marks, Jonathan (2017-08-15)
    This interview features Jonathan Marks as he discuss working in the world of theater. He describes the people and plays he’s worked with, and the finer details of being a dramaturg.

  • Jonathan Marks oral history interview 2017-07-31 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Marks, Jonathan (2017-07-31)
    This interview features Jonathan Marks as he discusses his career in drama. Marks describes his interest in theater and his encounters with notable actors and singers.

  • Laura LewAllen oral history interview 2017-09-14 

    Wilkinson, Andy; LewAllen, Laura (2017-09-14)
    This interview features Laura LewAllen as she continues to discuss her family. In this interview, she focuses more on her mom and her mom’s career and artist passion.

  • Laura LewAllen oral history interview 2017-09-13 

    Wilkinson, Andy; LewAllen, Laura (2017-09-13)
    This interview features Laura LewAllen as she discusses her life and her father’s life as artists. In this interview, she describes her father’s passion for art and how he became a jeweler as well as how she got interested in art.

  • Amy and Scott Faris oral history interview 2018-05-11 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Faris, Amy; Faris, Scott (2018-05-11)
    This interview features Scott and Amy Faris as they discuss making music to pair up with the silent film, Metropolis. In this interview, the Faris’s recount making the music and performing the music live with the movie ...

  • Amy and Scott Faris oral history interview 2018-02-18 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Faris, Amy; Faris, Scott (2018-02-18)
    This interview features Scott and Amy Faris as they discuss their pursuit and love of music. In this interview, Scott and Amy recount how they met, some of the events that they played music for, and their creative process.

  • Marci Roberts oral history interview 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Roberts, Marci (2017-08-10)
    This interview features Marci Roberts as she discuss her late friend Mimi Litschauer. Marci goes on to describe how she met Mimi, Mimi’s art, and their friendship with one another.

  • Lahib Jaddo oral history interview 2015-08-25 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Jaddo, Lahib (2015-08-25)
    This interview features artist Lahib Jaddo. Jaddo focuses on her tattoos in this interview. As such, she discusses how she first became interested in tattoos, her incorporation of them into her artwork, and eventually ...

  • Lauren Hill oral history interview 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Hill, Lauren (2016-08-11)
    This interview features artist Lauren Hill. Hill discusses her background in visual art and her tattoos. Hill describes her various tattoos and the life events that inspired the tattoos.

  • Max Evans oral history interview 2015-05-19 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Evans, Max (2015-05-19)
    This interview features Max Evans, who discusses his time in Hollywood, the culture of the West, living in Taos, and his experiences as an author.

  • Max Evans oral history interview 2015-05-18 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Evans, Max (2015-05-18)
    This interview features Max Evans, who discusses his professional life, spirituality, his experiences in filmmaking, and his role in bringing film production to New Mexico.

  • Max Evans oral history interview 2015-03-18 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Evans, Max (2015-03-18)
    This interview features Max Evans, who discusses his early life, the culture of the West, and his experiences in World War II.

  • Max Evans oral history interview 2015-03-19 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Evans, Max (2015-03-19)
    This interview is a continuation of an interview Wilkinson began with Evans the previous day. Evans focuses primarily on his relationship with painter Woody Crumbo: their mutual love of art, the Southwest, and their mining ...

  • Cathy Jung oral history interview 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Jung, Cathy (2014-03-11)
    This interview features Cathy Jung, Public Relations/Marketing Director at Texas Tech University. Cathy discusses her early life in Crosbyton, Texas and how she got started in Public Relations. She recounts moving to Los ...

  • Lahib Jaddo oral history interview 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Jaddo, Lahib (2014-12-08)
    This interview features Lahib Jaddo, who discusses his early life and childhood in Iraq, her family history, her relocation and life in America, and her career as an artist.

  • Pat Krahn oral history interview 2015-01-20 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Krahn, Pat (2015-01-20)
    This interview features Pat Krahn. Krahn continues to discuss her career as an artist and her techniques. Krahn further talks about West Texas more broadly and Texas Tech University. Krahn also discusses the future of art ...

  • Pat Krahn oral history interview 2014-12-15 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Krahn, Pat (2014-12-15)
    This interview features Pat Krahn. Krahn discusses her participation in different workshops and her continued training as an artist. Krahn also talks about her experience during the Lubbock tornado and its aftermath. ...

  • Pat Krahn oral history interview 2014-12-03 

    Wilkinson, Andy; Krahn, Pat (2014-12-03)
    This interview features Lubbock artist Pat Krahn. Pat discusses growing up in Oklahoma and Texas, her marriages, and her growing interest in art, including her work with watercolors and pastels. Pat also talks about attending ...